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Show CITIZENSHIP MONTH IS BEING OBSERVED AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL By Cum C. Harvey A program to give special emphas:s to good citizenship during February, similar to that carried out on Safety during dur-ing January, has been announced an-nounced by Glen Oldroyd, principal prin-cipal of Milford Elementary school. A "Code for the Good Citizen of Milford Elementary School," written by sixth grade pupils and their teachers, will be made the basis for many of the activities to be carried out during the month. In addition to giving special emphasis to good citizenship in all classes, here are some special spe-cial events planned for the month: 1. A special issue of The Milford Mil-ford Siren on "Good Citizenship" Citizen-ship" will be published about Feb. 15. It will attempt to interpret in-terpret the code and show how its principles apply to good cit-1 izenship in the school, home, and community, as well as to being a good citizen of the United States of America. 2. Two boys and two girls who exemplify the qualities of good school citizenship will be selected by each class. In a memorandum to teachers about this activity, Mr. Oldroyd stated: stat-ed: "Each day acts of citizenship, citizen-ship, courtesy, and kindness are performed by boys and girls of our school. I believe that it would be a fine thing and would have a wholesome influence on school citizenship to recognize publicly some of these deeds and their doers." ' Names of pupils selected and I qualities for which they were selected will be announced in i the school paper. 3. A special Valentine Day assembly, Feb. 14, built around the theme of "citizenship, courtesy cour-tesy and kindness," will be presented pre-sented by one section of the ' sixth grade. I 4. During the month, special I programs will be presented by home rooms on the citizenship j ideals of famous persons born I during February. Some of these are Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Grant Wood and Wins-low Wins-low Homer, American artists; Marian Anderson, Negro singer; sing-er; George Washington; John Barrymore, actor; William Al-I Al-I len White and Sinclair Lewis, writers; Mark Hopkins and Mary Lyons, educators. A Washington's Wash-ington's Birthday assembly will be presented by one sixth grade class. Code for the Good Citizen of Milford Elementary School Early in the year sixth graders grad-ers began writing papers on topics related to citizenship. I Some of these papers were published pub-lished in The Siren as editor- ials, features, etc. One idea led to another until finally it was decided to combine the best ideas into a code of conduct con-duct for boys and girls in the i school. j Many schools as well as such ' youth organizations as the Scouts have developed codes. Purpose of any code is to help people grow into better men and women and become better citizens. The purpose of i the code written by the boys (and girls of Milford and their ; teachers is to give expression I to ideas which miht be helpful i to boys and girls in developing the qualities of good citizens. It is hoped that the code will be improved after it is discussed by all groups, that parents as well as boys and girls will study it and make suggestions for its Continued on Back Page or complaining. 24. Practice safety in all things at all times for my own protection and the protection of others. 25. Do all the good things I know a citizen should do every day so that I may become a finer and better person. In accepting this code, I realize real-ize that for every freedom I enjoy in our democracy there are corresponding duties and responsibilities to uphold. I realize that we live in a world of order and authority where right conduct is necessary neces-sary and that it is important that I learn to work with those in authority rather than working work-ing against them and being resentful re-sentful toward them. I agree to study and discuss this code, to try to improve it, and to do my best to live up to the goals it sets up because I believe the things it contains are qualities I should have to be a worthy citizen of the United Unit-ed States of America." HERE'S MORE ABOUT SCHOOLS I Continued from Page One) i improvement, and that eventu- ally it will prove valuable in ; helping boys and girls develop ) desirable qualities and skills of citizenship. The entire text of the code is given below: "We, the boys and girls of ' Milford Elementary School, in order to become better citizens and to show our appreciation for our many privileges, set up for ouridves the followirr responsibilities re-sponsibilities and standards of conduct: I 1. Do my best at all times, j 2. Listen courteously and ' learn all I can. 3. Keep my mind and body healthy and clean. 4. Be prompt and use my time wisely. 5. Be trustworthy in little things as well as big things. 6. Be cheerful and help others to be happy. 7. Play fairly and honestly and with good sportsmanship. 8. Respect my parents, rny teachers, and all other associates. associ-ates. 9. Obey the rules of my home, my school, my town, and my country. 10. Take good care of the prop-. prop-. erty of others as well as my own. 11. Treat others as I would like to be treated. I 12. Settle differences peacefully peace-fully by talking them over. 13. Remember to be forgiving and that I may not always be right. 14. Follow my religion faith- fully and respect the beliefs of others. I 15. Realize that chaperonage is necessary at parties and many other activities. 16. Be satisfied with the allowance al-lowance my parents think best for me and always keep in mind that I should never be extravagant. 17. Try not to acquire habits which are injurious to my health and character. 18. Do my best to exercise self-control and never lower my character by using profane language. lan-guage. 19. Put my best efforts into developing my skills and working work-ing on my hobbies. 20. Make friends with all my schoolmates rather than being loo friendly with one or two other boys and girls. 21. Develop good study habits such as not trying to study and listen to the radio at the same time, or talking when others are trying to study. 22. Form the habit o'f talking over my problems with my parents and teachers and consider con-sider them a source of experience, exper-ience, knowledge, reliability, and confidence at all times. 23. Expect to have duties and responsibilities which I should live up to both at school and at home, and be able to accept these as well as emergencies which arise without shirking |